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CNN analyst and Playboy correspondent Brian Karem says the White House suspended his press pass for 30 days; CNN says WH cited Karem's dispute with Seb Gorka — Playboy White House correspondent and CNN political analyst Brian Karem said today the White House has suspended his press pass for 30 days.
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CNN, @brianstelter, @briankarem, @briankarem, Breitbart, @jenmercieca, @renato_mariotti, Washington Examiner, @joycewhitevance and Fox News

Data collected from ~150 interns who worked at seven top news orgs shows 65% went to the most selective four-year colleges; NYT, WaPo, WSJ recruited from top 1% — Two out of three summer interns from seven top newsrooms came from among the most selective colleges in America, our analysis shows.
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A look at The Warroad Pioneer's 121-year history, the Minnesota paper's role in the community, and its last days, “a death by familiar cuts” — The Warroad Pioneer, a pillar of its small Minnesota town, ended its 121-year run with bloody marys, bold type and gloom about the void it would leave behind.
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@mprnews, @kellystrib, @nytimes, @ellenbarrynyt, @marcatracy, @jackfromnodak, @nytimes, @howardfineman, @kellystrib, The Rural Blog, CNN, CityLab and American Press Institute

Sources: CBS and Viacom reach working agreement; CBS acting chief Joe Ianniello to oversee CBS's branded assets, Bob Bakish to become CEO of combined company — Working agreement calls for CBS acting chief Joe Ianniello to oversee all of CBS's branded assets and for Viacom boss Bob Bakish to become CEO
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Variety, The Hill, @benmullin, @benmullin, New York Post, The Streamable, Broadcasting & Cable and The Wrap

G/O employees discuss Jim Spanfeller's dubious hiring practices, apparent disregard for C-suite diversity, micromanagement, and editorial interference — When Jim Spanfeller and a private equity firm called Great Hill Partners took over G/O Media—formerly Gizmodo Media Group—in April …

Facebook says its local news subscription initiative has led to tens of thousands of new digital subscriptions and about $5M in value at 14 participating papers — It's been more than a year since Facebook announced that it would be funding a Local News Subscriptions Accelerator.
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@kenherts, @espiers, @mathewi and facebookjournalismproject.com

How Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine is responding to the streaming age: splitting with Universal, raising money to branch out into new forms of content — BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — “So this is a blow gun,” Brian Grazer said during an interview in his office. “It shoots a very sharp dart.”
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@paulg, @brooksbarnesnyt, @nytimesbusiness and @nytimesbusiness

Internet shutdowns, which are on the rise by governments who say they're necessary to curb misinformation, can bar the dissemination of accurate information — In July of 2016, the young militant commander Burhan Wani was shot dead by government forces in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

CBS says CBS All Access and Showtime OTT together have 8M subscribers, plans to reach 25M by 2022; CBS All Access will offer at least 12 original shows in 2020 — CBS All Access is ramping up its offerings to at least 12 original series in 2020, said streaming service execs …
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MediaPost, Adweek, Broadcasting & Cable, /Film and The Verge

Survey of 160 former journalists finds 58% left in the last 3 years, 18% in 2019; 45% had worked in the field for 10+ years; 87% worked in print at one point — 160 former journalists open up about why they left news to pursue a career elsewhere. Here's what they want us to know about the news industry.
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Nieman Lab, @tothevictor, @derektmead, @smritikak, @mar_piedrabuena, @rungomez, @rungomez and Luis Gomez

Parks Associates: 39% of US broadband homes own a streaming media player, up 1% since 2018; Roku and Amazon Fire TV own 39% and 30% of the market, respectively — New research data shows that streaming media player growth is flattening. However, the number of connected TV homes continues to grow strongly, thanks to smart TV.
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MediaPost

Vimeo launches Vimeo Enterprise, a tool to allow companies to host, share, and manage video content internally, as it continues its pivot away from content — Vimeo, the 14-year-old video service that started as a platform for indie filmmakers, is launching Vimeo Enterprise …
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